Kennedy and Castro - The Secret History

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Discovery Times

In a May 1963 ABC News special on Cuba, Fidel Castro told correspondent Lisa Howard that he considered a rapprochement with Washington possible "if the United States government wishes". Ms. Howard, who enjoyed a comfortable relationship with Cuban leader, began to play the important role of intermediary in a secret dialogue between President John F. Kennedy and Fidel Castro. Recently declassified documents confirm just how successful Ms. Howard was: JFK was working to alleviate the hostility that marked US-Cuban relations then...and that still does today. However, just as these secret conversations were about to bear fruit, Kennedy headed south to Dallas, Texas for the now infamous parade...